PERIOSTEUM (periostea)

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Irregular inflected form: periostea   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does periosteum mean? 

• PERIOSTEUM (noun)
  The noun PERIOSTEUM has 1 sense:

1. a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone

  Familiarity information: PERIOSTEUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIOSTEUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("periosteum" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Meronyms (parts of "periosteum"):

cambium (the inner layer of the periosteum)

 Context examples 

They carry blood vessels from the periosteum into the bone and connect the Haversian canals with each other and the periosteum.

(Perforating Canal, NCI Thesaurus)

The periosteum plays an important role in bone repair and growth.

(Periosteum, NCI Thesaurus)

A primitive neuroectodermal tumor (small round blue cell tumor) of the thorax which can involve the periosteum, thoracic wall and/or pleura though it spares the lung parenchyma.

(Askin Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of chondrocytes, a cartilage cap, and a fibrous perichondrium that extends to the periosteum of the bone.

(Osteochondroma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is found in the dermis, periosteum, perichondrium, capsules of organs and sheaths of nerves and muscles.

(Irregular Dense Connective Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration to periosteum, the thick, fibrous membrane covering the entire surface of a bone except its articular cartilage and the areas where it attaches to tendons and ligaments.

(Periosteal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

A reactive, benign fibrous lesion that develops in the periosteum of the femur.

(Periosteal Desmoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm composed of hyaline cartilage arising from the periosteum of the bone.

(Periosteal Chondroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A flap of mucosal, and possibly gingival, tissue including the periosteum, reflected from bone and created in the process of conducting orthodontic surgery.

(Mucoperiosteal Flap, NCI Thesaurus)

It may also involve the oral or ocular mucosal surfaces, and periosteum.

(Nevus of Ota, NCI Thesaurus)